What box identifies the patterns colors that are assigned to the data series categories in a chart?

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Excel Chapter 1: Creating a Worksheet and Charting Data

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Absolute cell reference	A cell reference that refers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet; an absolute cell reference remains the same when the formula is copied.
Accounting Number Format	The Excel number format that applies a thousand comma separator where appropriate, inserts a fixed U.S. dollar sign aligned at the left edge of the cell, applies two decimal places, and leaves a small amount of space at the right edge of the cell to accommodate a parenthesis for negative numbers.
Active cell	The cell, surrounded by a black border, ready to receive data or be affected by the next Excel command.
Arithmetic operators	The symbols +, −, *, /, %, and ^ used to denote addition, subtraction (or negation), multiplication, division, percentage, and exponentiation in an Excel formula.
Auto Fill	An Excel feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells.
AutoCalculate	A feature that displays three calculations in the status bar by default—Average, Count, and Sum—when you select a range of numerical data.
AutoComplete	A feature that speeds your typing and lessens the likelihood of errors; if the first few characters you Type in a cell match an existing entry in the column, Excel fills in the remaining characters for you.
AutoFit	An Excel feature that adjusts the width of a column to fit the cell content of the widest cell in the column.
AutoSum	A button that provides quick access to the SUM function.
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Category axis	The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data; also referred to as the x-axis.
Category labels	The labels that display along the bottom of a chart to identify the categories of data; Excel uses the row titles as the category names.
Cell	The intersection of a column and a row.
Cell address	Another name for a cell reference.
Cell content	Anything typed into a cell.
Cell reference	The identification of a specific cell by its intersecting column letter and row number.
Cell style	A defined set of formatting characteristics, such as font, font size, font color, cell borders, and cell shading.
Chart	The graphic representation of data in a worksheet; data presented as a chart is usually easier to understand than a table of numbers.
Chart Elements button	A button that enables you to add, remove, or change chart elements such as the title, legend, gridlines, and data labels.
Chart Filters button	A button that enables you to change which data displays in the chart.
Chart layout	The combination of chart elements that can be displayed in a chart such as a title, legend, labels for the columns, and the table of charted cells.
Chart style	The overall visual look of a chart in terms of its graphic effects, colors, and backgrounds; for example, you can have flat or beveled columns, colors that are solid or transparent, and backgrounds that are dark or light.
Chart Styles button	A button that enables you to set a style and color scheme for your chart.
Chart Styles gallery	A group of predesigned chart styles that you can apply to an Excel chart.
Chart types	Various chart formats used in a way that is meaningful to the reader; common examples are column charts, pie charts, and line charts.
Column	A vertical group of cells in a worksheet.
Column chart	A chart in which the data is arranged in columns and that is useful for showing how data changes over a period of time or for illustrating comparisons among items.
Column heading	The letter that displays at the top of a vertical group of cells in a worksheet; beginning with the first letter of the alphabet, a unique letter or combination of letters identifies each column.
Comma Style	The Excel number format that inserts thousand comma separators where appropriate and applies two decimal places; Comma Style also leaves space at the right to accommodate a parenthesis when negative numbers are present.
Constant value	Numbers, text, dates, or times of day that you type into a cell.
Context sensitive	A command associated with the currently selected or active object; often activated by right-clicking a screen item.
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Data	Text or numbers in a cell.
Data marker	A column, bar, area, dot, pie slice, or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point; related data points form a data series.
Data point	A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker.
Data series	Related data points represented by data markers; each data series has a unique color or pattern represented in the chart legend.
Displayed value	The data that displays in a cell.
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Excel pointer	An Excel window element with which you can display the location of the pointer.
Expand Formula Bar button	An Excel window element with which you can increase the height of the Formula Bar to display lengthy cell content.
Expand horizontal scroll bar button	An Excel window element with which you can increase the width of the horizontal scroll bar.
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Fill handle	The small black square in the lower right corner of a selected cell.
Format	Changing the appearance of cells and worksheet elements to make a worksheet attractive and easy to read.
Formula	An equation that performs mathematical calculations on values in a worksheet.
Formula Bar	An element in the Excel window that displays the value or formula contained in the active cell; here you can also enter or edit values or formulas.
Function	A predefined formula—a formula that Excel has already built for you—that performs calculations by using specific values in a particular order.
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General format	The default format that Excel applies to numbers; this format has no specific characteristics—whatever you type in the cell will display, with the exception that trailing zeros to the right of a decimal point will not display.
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Label	Another name for a text value, and which usually provides information about number values.
Left alignment	The cell format in which characters align at the left edge of the cell; this is the default for text entries and is an example of formatting information stored in a cell.
Legend	A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart.
Lettered column headings	The area along the top edge of a worksheet that identifies each column with a unique letter or combination of letters.
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Merge & Center	A command that joins selected cells in an Excel worksheet into one larger cell and centers the contents in the merged cell.
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Name Box	An element of the Excel window that displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object.
Normal view	A screen view that maximizes the number of cells visible on your screen and keeps the column letters and row numbers close to the columns and rows.
Number format	A specific way in which Excel displays numbers in a cell.
Number values	Constant values consisting of only numbers.
Numbered row headings	The area along the left edge of a worksheet that identifies each row with a unique number.
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Operators	The symbols with which you can specify the type of calculation you want to perform in an Excel formula.
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Page Layout view	A screen view in which you can use the rulers to measure the width and height of data, set margins for printing, hide or display the numbered row headings and the lettered column headings, and change the page orientation; this view is useful for preparing your worksheet for printing.
Picture element	A point of light measured in dots per square inch on a screen; 64 pixels equals 8.43 characters, which is the average number of characters that will fit in a cell in an Excel worksheet using the default font.
Pixel	The abbreviated name for a picture element.
Point and click method	The technique of constructing a formula by pointing to and then clicking cells; this method is convenient when the referenced cells are not adjacent to one another.
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Quick Analysis tool	A tool that displays in the lower right corner of a selected range with which you can analyze your data by using Excel tools such as charts, color-coding, and formulas.
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Range	Two or more selected cells on a worksheet that are adjacent or nonadjacent; because the range is treated as a single unit, you can make the same changes or combination of changes to more than one cell at a time.
Range finder	An Excel feature that outlines cells in color to indicate which cells are used in a formula; useful for verifying which cells are referenced in a formula.
Recommended Charts	An Excel feature that displays a customized set of charts that, according to Excel’s calculations, will best fit your data based on the range of data that you select.
Relative cell reference	In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative positions of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to in the formula.
Rounding	A procedure in which you determine which digit at the right of the number will be the last digit displayed and then increase it by one if the next digit to its right is 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.
Row	A horizontal group of cells in a worksheet.
Row heading	The numbers along the left side of an Excel worksheet that designate the row numbers.
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Scaling	The process of shrinking the width and/or height of printed output to fit a maximum number of pages.
Select All box	A box in the upper left corner of the worksheet grid that, when clicked, selects all the cells in a worksheet.
Series	A group of things that come one after another in succession; for example, January, February, March, and so on.
Sheet tab scrolling buttons	Buttons to the left of the sheet tabs used to display Excel sheet tabs that are not in view; used when there are more sheet tabs than will display in the space provided.
Sheet tabs	The labels along the lower border of the Excel window that identify each worksheet.
Show Formulas	A command that displays the formula in each cell instead of the resulting value.
Sparkline	A tiny chart in the background of a cell that gives a visual trend summary alongside your data; makes a pattern more obvious.
Spreadsheet	Another name for a worksheet.
Status bar	The area along the lower edge of the Excel window that displays, on the left side, the current cell mode, page number, and worksheet information; on the right side, when numerical data is selected, common calculations such as Sum and Average display.
SUM function	A predefined formula that adds all the numbers in a selected range of cells.
Switch Row/Column	A charting command to swap the data over the axis—data being charted on the vertical axis will move to the horizontal axis and vice versa.
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Text values	Constant values consisting of only text, and which usually provide information about number values; also referred to as labels.
Theme	A predefined set of colors, fonts, lines, and fill effects that coordinate with each other.
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Underlying formula	The formula entered in a cell and visible only on the Formula Bar.
Underlying value	The data that displays in the Formula Bar.
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Value	Another name for a constant value.
Value axis	A numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points; also referred to as the Y-axis.
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Workbook	An Excel file that contains one or more worksheets.
Workbook-level buttons	Buttons at the far right of the ribbon tabs that minimize or restore a displayed workbook.
Worksheet	The primary document that you use in Excel to work with and store data, and which is formatted as a pattern of uniformly spaced horizontal and vertical lines.
Worksheet grid area	A part of the Excel window that displays the columns and rows that intersect to form the worksheet’s cells.
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X

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X-axis	Another name for the horizontal (category) axis.
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Y

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Y-axis	Another name for the vertical (value) axis.
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Which identifies the patterns of colours assigned to a data series in a chart?

Which of the following chart element is used to identify data series by its color patterns chart title legend marker data labels?

Which of the following depicts the data series of charts in a unique color or patterns?